hydrozincite precipitating from a zinc polluted stream
in Sardinia through the action of photosynthetic cyanobacteria
This one-day course is being run straight after the Frontiers in Mineral Sciences 2007 conference at Fitzwilliam College (26–28 June 2007). A Registration form for the Course can be downloaded here.
Accommodation in Fitzwilliam College is available for course attendees but unlike the Frontiers 2007 Conference it must be booked using the Geomicrobiology Short Course Registration Form downloaded here. If you are attending the Frontiers 2007conference and require accommodation in the College right through please tick the appropriate box on the form so that the College can arrange for you to retain your room. Those planning to attend the conference may therefore need to add an extra 2 nights to their schedule and book those extra nights using this form. Registration details for the Frontiers 2007 conference can be found at www.minersoc.org/Frontiers2007.html
For enquiries about the course content please contact one of the course organisers who are Bryne Ngwenya, Edinburgh University (bryne.ngwenya@ed.ac.uk), Vernon Phoenix, Glasgow Unmiversity (vernon.phoenix@ges.gla.ac.uk) and Liane Benning, Leeds University (liane@earth.leeds.ac.uk)
For registration and accommodation enquiries e-mail info@minersoc.org
Geomicrobiology is a broad ranging and often inter-disciplinary subject involving applications of all the traditional natural sciences of physics, chemistry, biology and geology, whilst also drawing on resources in materials science, medical microbiology and environmental engineering. Such breadth of applications and disciplines introduces a high degree of complexity in the array of techniques used in geomicrobiological studies. This one day course aims to introduce to the postgraduate and other communities starting out in the field the principles, capabilities and limitations of the techniques available to the geomicrobiologist. The course will cover the following topics:
1. Overview of geomicrobiology
2. Microbial isolation, culturing, metabolic analysis and enumeration
3. Molecular geomicrobiology
4. Imaging and analytical methods at the micro and nano scale
5. Isotopic techniques
6. Modelling techniques
7. Spectroscopic methods
The course will be delivered by a team of experts in the field, who include:
Dr. Liane G. Benning
Prof. Simon Bottrell
Prof. Geoffrey Gadd
Prof. Ian Head
Prof. Jonathan Lloyd
Dr. Bryne Ngwenya
Dr. Vernon Phoenix
Prof. Andrew Weightman
The course is designed primarily for postgraduate students starting out in the field of Geomicrobiology in its broadest sense, but will also be open to all researchers in the field. International students may also apply. Sessions will be conducted in English and attendees will be expected to possess basic University-level skills in physical or biological sciences.
30th April 2007: Registration deadline
28th June 2007: Arrival and registration
29th June 2007: Course
30th June: Depart Cambridge
The registration fee includes course materials, lunch, tea and coffee on 29th June.
Students and Members of the Mineralogical Society: £75.00
Academic/Research staff: £100.00